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February 15th, 2018 - The Hemp Industries Association is taking the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to court in a high-stakes case that will decide the future of CBD sales in the U.S. The suit is in response to the DEA's position that CBD is a marijuana...

April 9th, 2017 - Halifax N.S. - The job posting has only been up for six days but the folks at the National Access Cannabis location on Spring Garden Road in Halifax are swamped with applications for their cannabis information specialist position.
"It's...

Hemp Industry Facing Barriers to Commercialization
June 21, 2016 - It’s been more than two years since President Barack Obama signed legislation authorizing the limited
cultivation of hemp, but the fledgling industry remains a long way from...

November 19th, 2015 - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes marijuana legalization holds the potential to be a "massive gift to society", so long as the industry gets the regulations right. And believe it or not, the fate of the planet may well rest...

August 26, 2015 - When UK farmer Nick Voase switched his croplands from potatoes to hemp after severe flooding in 2007, he probably didn’t know he’d one day be using part of his harvest to build a home. Fast forward to 2015 and the Voase family lives...

July 23rd, 2015 - Canada's North American market leadership in hemp production is at risk. While commercial hemp production in Canada began in 1998 and Canada currently grows approximately 100,000 acres annually, competition from the U.S. is quickly...

May 20th, 2015 - The FDA has concluded that products containing cannabidiol (CBD) derived from hemp cannot be marketed as dietary supplements. On the Q & A section of its web site, the FDA has posted to following:
Q. Can products that contain cannabidiol...

May 15th, 2015 - It may sound unorthodox, but 23-month-old Sadie Higuera is alive and thriving thanks to what her parents and doctors are calling a miracle drug known to many as Medical Hemp. Sadie's parents turned to hemp-based cannabidiol after trying...

May 12, 2015 - Following months of wrangling, the Colorado Department of Agriculture has secured a permit from federal drug enforcement officials to import industrial hemp seed from foreign countries.
The seeds are essential to kick-start Colorado’s...